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When Lynn Spencer’s son Chris died of an apparent heroin overdose, aged just 25, she was determined it would not be in vain.
In lieu of flowers, the devastated mother-of-two appealed for donations to a charity which helps young people stay drug-free ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre and public health consultant Betsy Baillie received top honours at the Ministry of Health’s annual Public Health Awards ceremony.
The presentations were made by Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin at the Bermuda S...
DATE: Apr 11, 2013
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Health
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Three men have been jailed for five years each over a bloody public melee that erupted at a Good Friday function.
The “impulsive, criminal” machete and knife attack happened after D’Angelo Clarke’s necklace was snatched from him outside Southampton R...
DATE: Apr 11, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Opposition Leader Marc Bean last night defended his party’s time in Government, while calling for constructive input from the community.
Speaking to more than 100 people at a town-hall meeting held at the Warwick Workman’s Club, Mr Bean said the Prog...
DATE: Apr 10, 2013
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Acting Minister of Community and Culture Leah Scott recently marked Social Work Month with a donation to the newly launched Ida James Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Ms Scott read a proclamation officially declaring March Social Work Month 2013, and made ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The One Bermuda Alliance has responded with silence to a request to clarify its claim that it has lived up to its promise to expand the school day.
“A longer school day has been expanded, to provide more time for sports, music, arts and remedial supp...
DATE: Apr 09, 2013
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Education
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Bermuda College is working on developing its vision for the next decade by tapping into public perceptions about its progress on its current strategic plan.
The facility held its 14th focus group with key constituents yesterday, a spokesman said.
“Th...
DATE: Apr 06, 2013
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The Island’s employment market shrunk by more than five percent with a net loss of almost 2,000 jobs last year — the biggest drop in jobs in a single year since figures were first collated 35 years ago.
And the 2012 Employment Survey also highlights ...
DATE: Apr 06, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Southampton Rangers football player has been jailed for 15 years for his role as “kingpin” in a plot to bring almost $500,000 worth of cocaine into Bermuda.
Everett Bean, 31, masterminded the plan to smuggle in the shipment from the Caribbean in Ja...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Condolences poured in yesterday for Bermudian Jurina Vincent Lee, who was killed in a car crash in North Carolina on Saturday.
The former Bermuda police officer lost her life in the head-on collision; the driver of the other car died as well.
The 35...
DATE: Apr 03, 2013
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